Heal your heart and body with FYE workshops: Find Your Element in Fall 2018
As much as we love Japan, it's a stressful place. If you don't know the language, even more so. And actually, sometimes knowing the language makes it even worse. If…
Why the Japanese Media Would Rather Not Talk About Brett Kavanaugh
There are millions of women on the archipelago of Japan who have been assaulted, groped, raped, harassed and discriminated against. There are probably thousands if not more, of Kavanaugh equivalents…
We’re Stuck With ‘The Last Samurai’ While Everyone Else Gets Crazy Rich
Hollywood executives hear the word 'Asians' and immediately conjure an image of sweating maidens in rice paddies, or yakuza with swords in Shinjuku, or maidens and yakuza hooking up in…
Should Japanese men have the right to molest women on the train? A close friend of the Prime Minister writes, “Yes!”––the magazine goes out business
Yes, according to Ogawa, a friend of Japan's Prime Minister, if you're a woman in Japan and you get groped on the train--it's because you're giving off pheromones. The scent…
James Bailey Turns In His Final Review. Rest in Peace (1946-2018)
"He was a ferocious researcher. I remember his prodigious memory; if you were with him and Mark Schreiber, you didn’t need the internet.”
Arjen Kamphuis, a Dutchman, went missing in Norway on August 20. Help find him.
Arjen Kamphuis, "free software advocate, sailor, carpenter, geek and damn proud of it" was last seen in Bodø, Norway on August 20th.
Marry Early or Marry Late or Remain “The Honorable Single”? You can pursue marital bliss in Japan but it’s a tricky animal.
Now 3 years into their marriage, Kanako and her husband are buddies. They cook together 3 nights a week, take day trips to a favorite onsen and board the same…
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HodoBuzz: New York-based Japanese Filmmakers Tackle Japan’s Sexism and Press Freedom With Crowdfunding
A new show “HodoBuzz” made by Japanese filmmakers based in New York City aims to confront Japan's dwindling press freedom, sexism and media malfeasance. Help fund some original programming that…
Sayonara, Robuchon-san: A Eulogy to Japan’s Beloved French Chef
In 1978, 33 years after the Japanese surrender, Joel Robuchon was appointed master chef at the Hotel Nikko de Paris (now the Novotel Paris Centre Tour Eiffel) Coincidentally, Robuchon himself…
Even In Japan, Bashing Gays Is Not Okay. Behind The Scenes Of The First Sugita Protest
“We don’t need Parliamentarians who ignore human rights” (人権無視する議員はいらない) “Mio Sugita, resign now” （杉田水脈は今すぐ辞めろ） “Silence is death” ˆ(沈黙は死） These were just some of the statements protesters were chanting in unity,…